In the early 1980s, we experienced the prime interest rate being above 20%. We were in an economic recession here in the U.S. back then, and people weren’t too excited in knowing that if they purchased commercial real estate, they’d be asked to pay more than 20% in annual interest on their loans. But in…
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Energy prices can have a major impact on our lives. For many of us our greatest awareness of today’s price of energy comes when we’re filling up our tank at the gas station, or even when we’re just driving by the gas station, and we see the current price of gas. In addition, depending on where we’re…
Read MoreThe commercial real estate market has come a long way since the financial collapse that began in 2008. It’s been a slow but steady climb, and most every geographic area is doing better now than it was back then. When everything began dismantling, financing became harder to get, and this greatly added to the problem….
Read MoreFor so many years we’ve become accustomed to the price of energy rising, so now that energy prices have been falling throughout 2014, what does this now mean for commercial real estate? Well for everyone who’s not tied to making money from rising energy prices, generally speaking this is good. It means that the price…
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